I personally think that after next year we will just learn to live with it. Because if it’s still around to the same degree this time next year, then it will always be around. It may be that we just have a normalized vaccine schedule that everyone follows (every 6 months or a year) with the vaccines tweaked to the most prevalent variant. Also, while testing is good, it probably needs to be switched to symptomatic testing at some point. For the majority of the population that has been fully vaccinated and boosted, even if you get it, chances are it will not require hospitalization. The testing is creating mass hysteria. If we constantly tested for other types viral load on asymptomatic people every day, who knows what we would find.
I think if we can come up with a regular vaccination schedule, switch to symptomatic testing (and testing for high risk groups), and have a good supply of the treatment pills, we can be ok (and get back to a new “normal”). Also, I for one will continue to mask up, especially during winter or in crowded places probably for the rest of my life.
